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---~ ---------- ... Hitchcock -Page 5 VOL. XIV, NO. 130 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary's WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30,_ 1980 Much discontent Speech & Drama woes continue Editor's Note: This zs· the conclusion of a now we are watching our department fall apart. two-part series examining the development of Lifton told us he was brought here by someone the Speech and Drama Department into the outside the department to get a balance between Communication and Theatre department. communications and theater. He told us he Today 's article details some of the tensions of thought the theater could sustain itself for a students, faculty and administrators that have couple of years. He made some sense but we been created by changes in the department. The still question what is happening to theater.'' stories have been researched and wn"tten by A recurring faculty complaint centers on j· ;,.;: Staff Reporters Mike Shields and Sal Granata rationale behind the number of firings a :d ana Saint Mary's Executive Editor Margie contracts that were not renewed over the past Brasszl. two years. Four out of six non-tenured faculty have received terminal notices, and some ''In my four years,'' Speech and Drama major contend that those notices were "politKa lly Mark Harris remarked, "this is our smallest motivated.'' graduating class. Enrollment is going down due Lifton said he understands this disgruntled to the fact that there is so much intrigue and attitude. "I would react in the same way," he backstabbing. It is not enjoyable to be part of said. "Those people are bitter, defensive and the department. To newcomers it looks like a critical of the direction of the department.'' He screwed up situation.'' called it a natural reaction of people who have The enrollment in the theatre concentration had their contracts terminated. has plummeted. This year there are about 20 In a seperate interview, Arts and Letters Dean majors in the department; after graduation there Isabel Charles agreed with Lifton's view, asking, will be about five·. ''Do you know anyone who is happy to have their Despite outwardly calm appearances, the contract terminated?'' Speech and Drama department's transition to One tenured faculty member said that "hard Communications and Theatre has been marked decisions have to be made sometimes," and "I by intra-departmental discontent and confusion don't know if there was anything irregular about involving students, faculty and chairman them (the decisions to let faculty go)." Mitchell Lifton. Several Jrofessors say they find it hard to Students complain about several unpopular understan Lifton's perspective on many de faculty firings, communications barriers be partmental issues. "One basic ciifference is that tween students and their chairman, and uncer he doesn't think we had a theater program tainty over the future of theater at the schools. before he came,'' said a tenured faculty Faculty grievances include contract termina member. But the same professor said Lifton is tions, the manner in which the department is acquiring a sense of what works at Notre Dame. directed, and a lack of consultation concerning From those professors and students who will departmental decisions. not be here next year come only predictions of Theatre majors in particular have voiced disaster for the Theatre Department. concern about the future of their discipline. and ''I'm in tears, tears from what I see happening after a question and answer session with Lifton next year," one leaving faculty member said, in Washington Hall two weeks ago, some citing ''the diminishing of the Theatre program, students still expressed their dissatisfaction . 40 to 60 percent shrinkage in activity and the "It's very strange to me because when I came film thing i!l a teete.r totter state. '' here four years ago, the department was [continued on page flourishing," Dorothy Hanrahan said. "Right 7J U.S jets confront Iranian patrol plane by The Associated Press Meanwhile, a Swissrepesen The Swiss news agency WASHINGTON (AP) - tative in Tehran was quoted as quoted a spokesman for the Two carrier-based u.S. fight saying the bodies of eight Swiss .!:':mbassy in Tehran, er jets intercepted an Iranian Americans killed in last Fri which handles American affairs patrol plane over the vital Gulf day's aborted hostage rescue since Washington broke diplo of Oman and ''escorted'' it effort will be flown to Zunch matic relations with Iran, as back to Iranian air space this week. And Iranian Presi saying the bodies of the eight yesterday, the Pentagon said. dent Abolhassan Bani-Sadr commandos will be flown to Iran claimed the American jets called for a special meeting of . Zurich later this week. "started to shoot" at the non-aligned countries to deal The news agency reported plane; the Pentagon said no with the U.S.action in launch the Swiss ambassador to Iran, weap?ns were fired. ing such a mission, the official Eric Lang, discussed the trans The aerial encounter was the Iranian news agency said. fer with Greek Catholic Arch first military confrontation be President Carter said he bishop Ailarion Capudji. The tween the United States and believes he ''made the right Vatican has said Capudji, who Iran since militants occupied choice" in ordering the hos spent three years in an Israeli Need a friend? This puppy found one yesterday whzle the U.S. Embassy in Tehran tage rescue attempt. Durins a jail for smuggling guns to the scoutzng the ND campus. [Photos by Beth Prezio] and took 53 Americans hostage visit to Kuwait, the Iraman Palestinians, does not repre November 4. foreign minister, Sadegh sent it in Iran. When he Ghotbzadeh, escaped injury arrived in Tehran yesterday, when gunmen in tow cars fired Capudji said he would accom at his motorcade. Iran blamed pany the bodies to another the incident on neighboring country and turn them over to Carter nominates Muskie Iraq. the Red Cross. Tehran radio Iran's revolutionary ruler, reported Capudji left Tehran to WASHINGTON (AP) ly broadcast news conference named, called the president's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, visit the scene where the President Carter yesterday said last night. decision "politically astute" claimed ''American pseudo-left Americans died last Friday. he will nominate Sen. Edmund Muskie, considered a liberal, and "a wise choice.'' groups" and agents of the The Iranian news agency S. Muskie of Maine to succeed is chairman of the Senate Vance resigned on Monday, deposed Shah Mohammed quoted Bani-Sadr yesterday as ·cyrus R. Vance as secretary of Budget Committee, a member citing his disagreement with Reza Pahlavi, carried out a saying he had asked Cuban state, congressional sources of the Senate Foreign Relations Carter's decision to send a wave of bombings in T<'hran of President Fidel Castro, current said. Committee and was the Demo military rescue team into Iran Monday, according to Tehran head of the non-aligned nations Carter notified top consres cratic vice presidential candi in an ill-fated effort to free the radio. The Iranian news agen to convene a special meeting to sional leaders of hts dectsion date in "1968. American hostages held in cy Pars said four Germans who deal with the American hos yesterday afternoon. Congress Senate sources said the Tehran since last November. arrived in Iran on April 15 tage rescue attempt. P::vt said was to be officially told of the choice of Muskie, highly re Muskie, 66, first came to claiming to be correspondants the Iranian presic~~-~,~ also decision at a White House spected on Capitol Hill, virtual national prominence when Sen. for the magazine Stern were asked that the non-aligned meeting at 4 p.m. ly assured that the nomination Hubert H. Humphrey chose being held in connection with countries· set up a commission The president formally an would be confirmed. him as the vice presidential the bombings. A bombing was to investigate ''American nounced his decision to the An influential Senate aide, [continued on page 6] reported yesterday near Ahvaz, crimes' ' during the rule of the American people at a national- who asked that he not be 3 50 miles southwest ofTehran. deposed Shah. News in brief Wednesday, April 30, 1980 -page 2 Fearing nuclear doomsday I Cronkite denies seeking VP I Cult flees to fallout shelters HELENA,MONT. (AP) private or public. Day, asked what would hap position with Rep .. Anderson Ciaiming nuclear war would Leland Jensen, 65, a chiro pen if there were no nuclear erupt within hours yesterday practor and "naturopathic phy blast, replied, ''What will hap the leader of a religious sect sician" in Missoula, predicted pen to you if there is? We want said members of his faith had that either a nuclear war would to save everybody in the coun WASHINGTON (AP) - CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite taken refuge in fallout shelters start or "an incident that will try., flarly denied yesterday that he would consider running for inseveral Western states. cause it to happen" would Jensen, who described him vice president on a ticker with presidential hopeful John However, police in most occur at 7:55 p.m. EDT Tues self as U.S. leader of the Anderson. C.ronkite, named in polls as one of the most cities he named as refuge areas day. "Baha'is Under the Provisions popular and. h1ghly trusted men in America, was quoted in said they had no reports of Jensen said he believes all of the Covenant,'' said the the May 3 1ssue of New Republic magazine as saying he people heading for shelters, cities with populations of event would mark the begin would be honorc;d to join Andc;rson in the 1980 presidential 100,000 or more and major ning of' 'seven years of tribula race.